Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai, Tamil ScholarMeenakshi Sundaram Pillai was a renowned Tamil scholar who began his career as a Tamil teacher.

Meenakshi Sundaram Pillai was a Tamil scholar. He was the teacher of U. V. Swaminatha Iyer who is also a Tamil scholar and researcher. Initially he was a teacher and trained many students in Tamil literature.

He wrote Kuchelopakyam and the Suta Samitha. His first publication came out in 1842. His contribution to Tamil studies as well as Shaiva Agamas is remembered till today. He left behind a treasure of Tamil palm leaf manuscripts. He died in 1876.

Sthala Puranas comprises of ninety six minor literary genres of Tamil which gained prominence after16th century. It is believed that he composed ninety Sthalapuranas about various temples.

R. K. LaxmanR. K. Laxman is a well-known Indian cartoonist, humorist and illustrator. He has contributed extensively in magazines and newspapers. For his works, he has been honoured with Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India. He is best known for his creation "The Common Man" and for his daily cartoon strip, "You Said It" in The Times of India, which started in 1951.

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TiruvacakamTiruvacakam or Thiruvasagam is a volume of devotional hymns in Tamil composed by Manikkavacakar, renowned poets of the Hindu Bhakti revival, in the 9th century.

Novelists in Tamil LiteratureNovelists in Tamil Literature consist of many reputed Tamil authors, such as Vetanayakam Pillai, Nateca Sastri, Rajam Iyer, who wrote various noteworthy novels during the 19th century.